Senior Cost Manager

Senior Cost Manager – Turner & Townsend

We are looking for experienced Cost Managers to join our Manchester team, developing into a senior position across a range of industry‑leading infrastructure projects in transportation, utilities and highways.

• Establish friendly, professional relationships with clients, colleagues and other project parties.
• Administer a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Provide accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro‑actively monitor and manage cost variance and contract cash flow, ensuring applications are made correctly and timely.
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams to manage delivery of project deliverables, KPIs and objectives, including programme performance, cost control and value engineering.
• Manage contract change effectively, ensuring projects remain within governance and adopt best practice.
• Drive improvements in forecast and budget accuracy.
• Proactively provide sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders.
• Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Lead people and commissions as needed.

• Excellent communication skills.
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred).
• Strong cost management, change management and control.
• Valuation, risk management, procurement and estimating.
• Pricing, reporting, and a collaborative, best‑for‑project attitude.
• Experience sharing best practice and driving efficiencies through the project life cycle.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
• Ideally holding or working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent.

Our people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to effect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, actively encouraging applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, and must be adhered to where applicable.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in connection with our recruitment process. No agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Accepted resumes submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal email accounts are considered the property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to agency fees.

A formal written agreement is required for an agency to submit candidates for review.